Glenn Colton, Esq.
Glenn represents companies and individual clients in investigations and actions
brought or conducted by Federal, State, and local authorities, including the US
Department of Justice, US attorneys' offices, the US Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, (CFTC), the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), offices of inspectors general, state
attorneys general, and local district attorneys. He also represents a variety of
companies, ranging from Fortune 500 to private companies and individuals in
complex civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country.
As part of his government enforcement and white collar practice, Glenn has
represented top executives of hedge funds and investment advisors, the
chairman of the board of a public company in an options-backdating
investigation, executives of a pharmaceutical company in a kickback and illegal
marketing investigation, the vice president finance of a public software
company in a revenue recognition fraud investigation, a foreign insurance
company in an insurance fraud investigation, a public software company in a
consumer protection investigation and a critical figure in the KPMG tax shelter
prosecution.
In his civil litigation practice, Glenn represents clients in constitutional,
commercial, securities, intellectual property, employment and tort cases.
He has successfully represented numerous clients in high-stakes consumer,
privacy and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act class
actions.
Glenn has argued numerous appeals in criminal, regulatory enforcement and
civil cases, as well as in an amicus, or friend of the court, capacity in cases
before the US Court of Appeals for the Second and Eighth Circuits as well as in
Industries
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Complex Litigation
Government Enforcement & White Collar